Instructor for Argumentation & Debate, Group Communication, Human Communication, Interpersonal, and Public Speaking.
The Basics
I am open to any argument.
Topicality and Kritiks are fine; run them well and with purpose.
Weigh your impacts throughout, tell me why you're winning in the rebuttal.
Work hard, be humble. Ego and condescension will cut your speaker points in half.
General Philosophy
Organization: Structure is hugely important to me. I want to hear roadmaps and taglines...label everything, especially when you are making refutation on-case. If you are running a Disad, don't jump into uniqueness without slapping a tagline on it first. I want to know where you are and where you're going on the flow.
Content: For me, the debate round is what the debaters choose to make of it. I will entertain any argument, but Disads, Topicality, Kritiks etc. need to be fully articulated and impacted out. I enjoy a good T debate, but I find AFF reasonability arguments highly persuasive. I generally don't consider T worthy of being an RVI. In the rebuttals, weigh your impacts through the Net-Ben criterion and tell me where you're winning on the flow. If there are dropped arguments, it's critical that you highlight and extend them. Don't assume I will do that work for you. At the end of a round, I vote for the debater who has done the best technical and strategic job; not necessarily the debater who has made the most believable argument.
Delivery: Speed is fine, but if you cannot speak with clarity please don't go fast. If your speech involves a lot of gasping and incomplete enunciation, it starts to feel like a waste of time. Use CX wisely; get clarification and ask questions that set up your arguments. Your skill and strategy here count toward your speaker points.
About Me:
The Basics
General Philosophy
Organization: Structure is hugely important to me. I want to hear roadmaps and taglines...label everything, especially when you are making refutation on-case. If you are running a Disad, don't jump into uniqueness without slapping a tagline on it first. I want to know where you are and where you're going on the flow.
Content: For me, the debate round is what the debaters choose to make of it. I will entertain any argument, but Disads, Topicality, Kritiks etc. need to be fully articulated and impacted out. I enjoy a good T debate, but I find AFF reasonability arguments highly persuasive. I generally don't consider T worthy of being an RVI. In the rebuttals, weigh your impacts through the Net-Ben criterion and tell me where you're winning on the flow. If there are dropped arguments, it's critical that you highlight and extend them. Don't assume I will do that work for you. At the end of a round, I vote for the debater who has done the best technical and strategic job; not necessarily the debater who has made the most believable argument.
Delivery: Speed is fine, but if you cannot speak with clarity please don't go fast. If your speech involves a lot of gasping and incomplete enunciation, it starts to feel like a waste of time. Use CX wisely; get clarification and ask questions that set up your arguments. Your skill and strategy here count toward your speaker points.